Modified Posterior Approach to the Hip Joint

This book provides a detailed description of the anatomy as well as surgical aspects of posterior approach to the hip joint. This approach has been highlighted in several key texts in orthopaedics over the years with this book offering the reader a comprehensive overview in a single resource.

Modified Posterior Approach to the Hip Joint, 2nd Edition provides a well-structured overview of the original surgical findings undertaken by the Author, which are still followed ardently today. Clinicians seeking a clear and illustrated guide to the posterior approach to hip surgery will find this book to be an indispensable resource in everyday clinical practice.

Detailed Posterior Approach.- Total Hip in a Day: Set-up and Early Experiences in Outpatient Hip Surgery.- Principles of Anterior Approach for Total Hip Arthroplasty.- The Direct Anterior approach to the Hip.- New Chapter TBC.

Dr. K. Mohan Iyer worked as a teacher of Orthopaedics for Undergraduate and Postgraduate students at the University of Liverpool and for the final FRCS candidates at the University of London. He is on the Editorial Board of the Indian Orthopaedic Research Group and on the Recent Advances in Arthroplasty [RAA] Journal for many years.

He is a life member of the Indian Orthopaedic Association and the Karnataka Orthopaedic Association. He has presented numerous papers at state, national, and international conferences held the world over and authored 17 books to date.

He has dedicated this book Modifed Posterior Approach to the Hip Joint, 2nd Edition to his teacher late Mr.Geoffrey V. Osborne and his family members.